LOGAN COUNTY — UPDATE @ 1:05 a.m.
A SWAT standoff has ended with a man surrendering after officers said he barricaded himself in a house and fired shots at deputies.
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As reported Wednesday on News Center 7 at 11, the man was barricaded in a home in the 11,000 block of Big Bear Path.
Two people were hurt, including the suspect. The man was shot by deputies in the arm, according to Logan County Sheriff Randall Dodds.
News Center 7′s Taylor Robertson reports that SWAT yelled for the man to come out with his hands up, and he surrendered after 12 hours.
Officers put him in an ambulance. Medics transported the man to Miami Valley Hospital.
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Robertson reports that crews blocked off Big Bear Path. SWAT, medics, and officers from Bellefontaine, Columbus, and Marysville surrounded the home.
Medics transported another person to the hospital.
Dodds told News Center 7 on Wednesday the man fired at SWAT officers, and they tried getting into the home.
The standoff started Wednesday morning after reports of shots fired in the house.
Deputies told people to avoid the area.
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Robertson also spoke with one man, and he told her he noticed the commotion around noon.
“It’s devastating, you know, and it’s stressful,” said Russ Thompson. “You got to deal with it, and some of the guys that went in there who was shot at. That’s going to be with them forever.
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The sheriff’s office released a statement on social media late Wednesday night.
The suspect’s name has not been released and BCI is investigating.
The standoff ended just before 9:20 p.m.
We will update this story.
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